Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
December 10, 2009
Submitted
December 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
549
Aircraft time
35,615 hours, 13,583 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Zone 500
Component
Slat
Component part number
A57844242000
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PREVIOUS FLUSH REPAIR LOCATED ON LT WING NR 2 SLAT UPPER NOSE SKIN BETWEEN RIBS 14 TO 17 MEASURES 11.7 INCHES X 9.8 INCHES. PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED REPAIR LOCATED AT LT WING NR 2 SLAT UPPER NOSE SKIN BETWEEN RIBS 14 TO 17 WAS DETERMINE NOT TO BE IAW EA6-5710-81010A DUE TO 16 EACH FASTENERS WITH NO LOCKING RINGS, BASED ON A VISUAL EVALUATION WITH THE REPAIR INSTALLED. VISUAL EVALUATION CONSISTED OF CORRECT LOCATION, SHAPE, SIZE, FASTENER TYPE, NUMBER, SPACING AND EDGE MARGIN, MATERIAL THICKNESS AND TYPE ALSO GENERAL WORKMANSHIP OF PREVIOUS INSTALLATION. REMOVED AND REPLACED 16 EACH FASTENERS IAW EA 6-5750-135145, THIS REPAIR IS ACCEPTABLE IAW RAS/SA/291/2009 ISSUE A PERMANENT. REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR IAW GMM 6-2-100. THIS IS AN AGING ACFT INSPECTION FINDING.

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